The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-10-06
FRIDAY.

O'clock and business NJ once began.
Past COMMANDMENT Chief ibeaih arose 10 a
question ofpriviiege. lie read an extract from
the ~. Louis Rep,sbiicaE, IN which lac was
charged with saving that there never had
been A Democratic Commander Chief, aud
by the Almighty God there never sHoald be-.
He denounced the statement rs an infamous
lie and SANDER aud his denuBciation was re-
ceiyca with applause.
Comrsae Revnolds Of New York. said that
no member OF the New York delegation be-
lievcd that Gen. Beath ever made such state
mcnt.
Commde Beath said the statement was a lie
made cut of whole cloth.
Gnrpl Tanner said that the Same paper had
a few days before, charged him with putting
the knife under Siocums ribs. The same paper
bad also said that the loss of his Tanners)
legs bad made life much nleasanter and more
profitable for him than il otherwise would
have been cries Of shame, shame and that he
would not have has feet back for any con-
sideration. He denounced the statement that
lie was troacherous 10 SOcum AS, in plain An
Plo Saxon, lie.
Tx Gov. Anthony. Of Kansas, attempted TO
have the vote reconsidered by which the En-
campmont decided not 10 recommend the Posts
oi the country TO contribute - each TO build
monument to Gen. q. X. Warren, but the at
tempt failed.
PENSION TO MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
The Committee on Resolutions reported back
fayorablv the resolution Of Comrade Paul Van
Dervoort asking Congress 10 put Mrs. John A.
Logan on the pension roll AT the same rate now
paid the widows of Gen. Geo. IL. Thomas Gen.
Hancock aud Admiral Farragut. The resolu-
tiOn was unanimously adopted.
cENsURING THE PRESIDENT.
The Committee on Resolutions reported back
ms follows:
buttons NO N aud ~ introduced 10y Comrade Van
DerVouri. beg leave 10 submit ibe following Tor
your consideration:
u have been fully considered 10y your committee
ln their opinion, the action of tliv Encampment
already taken on the report OF tite Committee on
Pensions fully the ground. and ti'H, no fur
tlier action j. required 10y this EicsmpmeiiL
Your committee Ia relation 10 Ute sni9eci OF pen
sions concur in the adoption 81 The report al tie
Committee on Pensions already agreed 10 Wy the
lEncampment. and think ~ tlds Time Il ~ lneNpe-
dient 10 urge ihe passage Of the proposed service
Commute weale Of your committee disSents from
tliis report liar ID ae- "a service pensions
A. L. coNCER, OHIO.
III HAMIIg. Maine.
SAM NJ. MhAl.E. Massachusetts.
NV V. R. PLUMMER, Florida.
G. :. PALMER, Dakota.
The resolutions offered by Gen. Van Der
wort were again read, as follows;
Resolved That while feed THAI no body Of citi-
Geus can have a m exalted respect than we Tor
tile Office oi President OF the Nnited States, aud
fhnt we have manifested such respect 10y services
and sacrifices such the world ilas meyer seen
eqnaled. yet ths does not obscure our PERCEPTION
OF blamrsrorthy acts Of lie incunihl oi Thar posi-
tan deprive 81 tle right II criticisms II our
public SERVER which - of the dearest preroga-
tiNts az American citizenship.
Res0rCd also Tint WHALE we recognize thai the
disapprONE oi any measure presented TO lam 10y
Congress BE- - constitutional prcrogRlve oi the
President 10 bc exercised 10y lam according Ia llis
discretion. yet we cannot feei that this Involves
HE uf tssaIla
that power 10 officially Insult or Islander the broken
down aud needy men 10 whom the Nation owes
Rcsoire, also. That the Dependent Pension Bil
passed 10y tac a9h Congress aud vetoed by tht
President, was the last nrasure oi Justice ihal
could have been asked oi tlte Nation tor The tntt
10 whom 80 owes it. salvation; That il did mot rep
resent itlc % what oue those gallant men, Hne
that ln refusing Ia approve al "A bii whlch wa'
asked for b, the grateful people peiitiuncd Tor 10y
hundreds oi tisousHndso 81 veterans, pnsssd 10y b"ii
Houses 81 Congress hy AN nstlisual nIal"rliy nne
which would have rescued thousands OF deserving
soldiers who olowee tl'e iiug from thec"ld Chart,
al the nimshouse. tfe present incumbent ui the 81
flee OF President as violated tlse l'-dge made 20 Ia
soldiers when they ockca io the standard al tllei
country lie time oi her great peril. has twaIte'
te ca press will Of a grateful people, aud has ia
nicted lrrcparaDle cruelty upon those who shoui'
be the objects Of the tendcrcst consideration.
PAUL VAN DERy0ORI's SPEECH.
Gen Van Dervoon said IN support OF hi
resolutions:
CoNHANDFR Nv CHfEF: have Of course q higl
respect Tor tiie meHb-rsliip of the Committee 81
Resolutions a. devoted uicuiierS oi tile g A A.
hut standing az DO upon tins nOOr. representing
Department which PASSED much stronger rrsol la
ton by vote Of about 400 o. 3, ] feed II - b. m
duty % nay comrades Of Nebraska "a rel,rcseu
them upon ilie hoor Of tiiis Encutinpment. i5ery
iu the subject matter oi this resolution. i,eey
thai II tlie Grand Army has one iiult more tlIa
another u is tat they niarch in tlie OF Ga
soldier procession Of this country rather Than
the sentiment 81 tlc Grand Army OF the lsrIaibiis
Hundreds of Posts 81 the Grand Army have pass,
ffIr ~ 4
President uf e bssiied States; stronger resolution
have beet forwarded 40 Congress, aud have i'ee
published in tls lf-s ~ The country. ropreseuiiil
the sentiments 81 the great body al Union soldien
and believe in any heart HAT Uic great hOdy
tle Grand Army ave ln unison upon TIL question
More tiign that Dciicye tist 81 fali declHi
sentiments upon this question after al the di
cusson THAT there has bccn ln tine country in q,
gard 20 tlli. matter there will he the ,,reatci Do
sibe disappointment and encouragement amot
the mcmher5 81 thc GrAiId Army of the kepul,l
for that failure. II h not potics Ia J. a resoiulo
that expresses tbc opinion 0f the soldiers OF "a
country. the oniy body OF inca competent 10 a.
upon tlio question involved in the resolution.
b a resolution dignifed la ils chafsctrr ID col
ccaos 10 him Hll that ilte soldiers oi the country h
leye fosts la the high Office of the President a
United @Hies believe that every courade OF "a
Grand Army knows that care not for the puli
OF any Hinn. snd liod tie Grand Amy high Hbo,
the rHuks 81 any party in all tltls broad counir
lAppiHu-o.l further belicve that IL this ltlo5.u
meni should inil 10 lake action upon this VIZ
question tle man tiIat vetoed the dependent Pc
son 1871 VIII be told by ls satellites that the
Army Encanipnieut approved his action. j W
give you % iitle biz Of tlie history OF the san FrG
cisco i1ncItinpment. ~ that EucAnTncltl we Id
tie iacis SHARING in the lace that TAO private pe
sion bills had been vetoed, near y Hil OF Win
were mcTltOriOus lu Jeir clATh oter, and tlhe san
hero who las gone alOit 40 the skies from q
ranks, john 4. Logan. FELT that il Wac a vital poi
that the Grand Army OF tiie Republic should Z
press thclr opinion upon that question lie DIRE
resolution and placed n my hands e9prc-sl
the viii 81 ihe Grand Army. ] sought the IA
aud asked unanimous cOnseR 10 introduce a.
wac objected Ia aud 40 action was taken and 1
President told by lls friends that the q A
approved of these Vctoer. aud Ice followed n up
another that keeps to-day ~ 90 comTadcs of 1
Grand Army iu the ainishou-es OF the Unil
States do not believe Il h. policy Ia be- coward
ln the GAR 1 believe in standing mp like an
and expressing oar opnion upon questions wbi
concern our comrades.
eOWARDIcE DIsCLAIMED.
F1lt would make no difference 10 me n this reso
noH RECEIVED not single vote la thia IsncaInpmc
have n niy heart "a sacred feeling thai dOi
right IA presenting these resolutions 10 tlae q.
HdeFatlou 81 tltis lsncnmp nent. I believe thnt
great body 81 comrades acnlAud a. aud I belle
that our failure 10 take action would be a thing a
would roiatd the growth aud prosperity of
GAR. d cannot be- discussed ns a. partisan. 4
we TO sit here like aols aud receive the abuse q
large body Of newspapers lea this country ans
certain clI,se 81 people trying 10 tranipe down
GAR? Are We TO sit here aud do nothing. Wi
thc great mass OF our comrades stand shoulder
shoulder CA tins question, we. the Telnestntatii
Of the Rreu constituency of tiIe Grand Army OF
Republic. although we believe Ia hearts la
whole re.OuLiOn7 4 Tell you iiial D honestly
IleNe thnt we would to-day nave numbered hal
million men u the National Enc nifmcnL had Il
the courage OF iisopinlOts, aud had Expressed th
Ia the way in which tite great body OF tlIe Uni
soldiers believed. believe, further the revclatI
tiiai cAino e. lac ENcoency the President, on
question 81 tlic return OF lhc flags, shows thai
HUUrcoaHtsF "A cNelDfe when a eosnps yau xp,